Wool in Minecraft

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Extraction

Shearing sheep

• With one shear you get 1-3 wool per sheep

• Sheep regenerate wool by grazing

Kill sheep

• Drops 1 wool in the current color

Crafting

• 4 threads = 1 white wool (alternatively dyed with dye)

• Chests in villages, pillager outposts or bastions occasionally contain wool

Dyeing

• Wool can be dyed when crafting:

• 1 white wool + 1 dye = colored wool

• Sheep can be dyed directly with dye

• Offspring inherit random mixed color of parents (in mixed pairs)

Use

• Beds (3 wool + 3 wooden planks)

• Carpets (2 wool = 3 carpets)

• Decorative blocks (e.g. flag background)

• Note blocks - different tone color depending on the block underneath

• Redstone isolation - wool does not conduct a redstone signal

• Protection against sound - Can prevent vibration transmission with Skulk sensors

Tips

• Create an automatic sheep farm with observer, scissors & dispenser

• Use colored wool to design pixel art, buildings or logos

• Use wool over music blocks for different musical instruments

Trivia

• Wool burns quickly and can be destroyed by fire or lava

• Wool has low explosion resistance, but stacks well

• Before the introduction of shears, wool had to be obtained by killing sheep